Angry passengers were left stuck inside the drop-off zone at Manchester Airport in the early hours after the exit barriers broke causing "chaos".

Footage captured by one frustrated driver shows dozens of cars blaring their horns in lengthy queues at 4am.

The video was taken in the Terminal One drop-off zone of the airport after the barriers failed to work, Manchester Evening News reports.

Drivers stuck in the queue feared they would be charged extra for staying over their alloted time.

Drivers could be heard beeping their horns at 4am

New rules at the airport mean drivers must pay £3 to spend five minutes in the drop-off area or £4 to stay 10 minutes.

However, anyone who stays over 10 minutes faces a £25 fine.

After 10 minutes of drivers blaring their horns, the barriers were finally lifted to let everyone out at once.

Drivers were concerned they would be fined for over-staying in the drop-off zone

One driver, who shared footage of the backlog online, said: "It was just bleeding chaos. It is not the first time it has happened.

"They have got the police going round with their machine pistols stopping motorists from dropping people off at the double yellow lines.

"They have said the reason is for speeding it up. It is not speeding it up is it slowing it down.

"I was there about 10 minutes. They raised the barriers up and let everybody out in one swoop so we didn't have to pay any money.

"There is a bloke speaking in the film who said he has had to pay a fine before."

A Manchester Airport spokesman said: “This morning there was an issue with the barriers at one of the drop off zones at Terminal 1.

"It lasted for around five minutes and customers affected were let out free of charge. No further issues have been experienced today. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”